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Yes, it looks like that but I don't know all the background stuff to be sure.
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
As for Rally Sumava Klatovy, I´d rate Bouffier having no chance against Kopecky and Pech. Who of the latter two is faster I wouldn´t really bet
Is there a shakedown tomorrow?
Yes, it's going to be shared by both modern and historic cars between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. It's just a very short stage not really nice for spectating but anyway I will be there :p
You can follow live results of both rallies here:
http://rally-base.com/2015/rallye-sumava-klatovy-2015/
http://rally-base.com/2015/historic-vltava-rallye-2015/
First stage shows that Fabia R5 is fast. Looking forward to See the car live tomorrow
But in the same time Kopecky knows the rally better than Bouffier ;)
And Pech doesn't know the rally at all, or what? Accept, that Skoda has built a better car than PSA.
Very early days but winning it's first stage is a nice debut. Let's see how the rally beds in..
Suprised how much faster Kopecky is than Pech.
Pech wins SS2 but retires on SS3. I am glad Bouffier is here to compare against.. Kopecky seems 0.5-0.75s/km faster.
pitty that Pech retired so early.We cant have safe conclusions now.
Will Pech, Dohnal and Landa restart tomorrow?
You don't think Bouffier is a good benchmark?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Is the Bouffier / Moreau partnership a 'one off' or a more permanent arrangement?
inside Czech Pech is better to measure Kopecky and new skoda imhoQuote:
Originally Posted by RS
I've expected more from Černy.....
True, but I think Bouffier is one of the best drivers you could put in the DS3 to compare against.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Pech,Valousek,Cerny with pirelli tyres according to photos.
http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/fotogalery.p...48&fotograf=10
Bouffier rallying is more or less a one off in these days - his times are more or less over, let´s face it.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Williams
And yes, Cerny rather dissapointing, not faster than with his old 208 R2. He knows Fabia S2000, so that´s no excuse.
How are you calculating that? In comparison to who?Quote:
Originally Posted by WUff1
Good SS7 for Kopecky.
In comparison to himself, not to any other driversQuote:
Originally Posted by RS
http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile....33&t=Jan-Cerny
Kopecky wins on Fabia's debut. I suppose any other result would have been a surprise but I think Skoda will be happy with this. 0.63s/km quicker than Bouffier is a good result wherever it is. Kopecky is a quick but cautious driver so i suspect he didn't drive it any harder than he had to.
You should have been at one of the last downhill corners on SS1 in second lap. Kopecký had there a moment at around 170-180 km/h :pQuote:
Originally Posted by RS
Anyway it was a nice rally for me. Great weather and good organization as well. Pity we lost Pech and Dohnal so early but that's life and in case of Dohnal it was quite expectable as his Focus was prepared very-last minute and he wasn't even able to start on shakedown. I was hoping that Pech would start the second leg to fight for bonus points but then I met him spectating on the first morning stage. Landa's Fabia WRC made only less than one lap of the SS1 before it wasn't able to climb a small hill due to broken clutch (I saw that from distance)...
Anyway what I saw? Kopecký driving very spectacular way with a really nice and powerful car. Pech driving clean and very precise (no wonder as Šumava is his home rally). Bouffier was driving really fast and aggressive but I think that the car isn't fast enough. Valoušek finally in a good rhytm. It was a long time I saw him driving really fast. His S2000 also had probably the shortest gearbox of all and he was often in the limiter. Odložilík in my opinion shall go back to R5. I don't think he would be slower with it. Anyway at least the Impreza WRC made the whole rally unlike most of the old WRC cars. Sýkora was spectacular and fast but sometimes he looked hesitant in some long corners doing braking in them etc. Černý looked like he was driving quite safe. He was clean and I haven't seen any sign of overdriving from him. His major time loss came from both runs of Koráb stage (Buková-Kdyně). Somehow it didn't go well for him there and I have no idea why. Anyway in the S2000 fight Valoušek was pushing a lot more. I would like to mention two names which both unfortunately aren't in the final results - it was Kopáček and Semerád senior. The two were a lot faster than any other gr.N drivers. Semerád retired quite early but Kopáček was in the fight for 7th place till some strange exclusion. In this moment I don't know what happened, maybe he missed some time control...
I shall mention also the historic ERC rally but I have to admit I saw them only on the first stage as we were following the modern rally. One of the reasons is that this year's entry list of historics was quite weak. Moreover Navrátil, who looked fastest on shakedown didn't make it even through SS1 (blown engine). Anyway congratulations to our forum member Jeppe for a nice result. Unfortunately I wasn't able to meet him as when I was in service he wasn't there and vice versa...
I was at the crash after which SS7 was stopped. It was a very fast crest with a blind corner just behind it. The S2000 cars were approaching it in rpm limiter so You can understand it was really fast place. After several big moments of historic crews it was Barčák who went there too fast, straight off into the ditch and rolled several times. It was really hard crash. Unfortunately the co-driver probably broke his collarbone. Here You can see what is left of the car which normally Štajf uses in ERC...
https://www.facebook.com/subarurally...28644953919916
I'd say it's a one off, probably Panseri was in Qatar for the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Williams
First videos from the rally coming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h09rkfwxHo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xaa41ctbFqc
Here is the big crash I have seen (I'm even on the video running to the car but that's of course not important).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=VGk46umfnEE
Onboard of Pech from great SS2 which he won: http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7462.html
http://s9.postimg.org/dqhswrzyn/dunovsky.png
50. Rallye umava Klatovy + Historic Vltava Rallye [HD]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7iUe6kYHtE
Czech Rally Videos on Facebook
Like @ 0:20 ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Eddie1
One more nice video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVi-nkvxnbY
I just checked separated leg 2 classification. Černý was just 0,6 seconds behind Valoušek in second day. Considering that Valoušek looked like pushing a lot more it's quite surprising for me (maybe even more that in second day Sýkora was slightly faster than both and all were faster than Odložilík). I think that Černý for sure has a potential to go faster in next events. It was all new now - the team, the co-driver and partially also the car as this Fabia S2000 is a top notch latest spec. which Černý never had before.Quote:
Originally Posted by WUff1
I didn´t expect this and it´s also surprising to me, even about Sykora. Now it looks a Little bit different. Didn´t know about the Fabia S2000 spec. too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
There is a lot of new onboards from Šumava: http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy.html
Some beautiful photos from Jiří Zapletal: http://www.rally-mania.cz/photogallery.php?id=1354
http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogaleri...f9ae7e4dde.jpg
http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogaleri...511cf40f43.jpg
Big moment of Bouffier just a few seconds after the start
http://www.mediasport.cz/rally/onboardy/7542.html
That big Subaru crash happened on the crest at 1:00.
Respect for this stage, it requires big balls to attack this high-speed stage. At least 1/3 of the stage is over 150 km/h for the frontrunners, a lot of moments on the rpm limiter, very poor condition of the tarmac....Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Indeed very dangerous situation as immediately after the start drivers are reaching top-speed and with unheated tyres it can become very ''slippery''.....
You are right that it's a stage which requires really big balls but what I hate about it is the huge number of artificial chicanes,mostly placed in crossroads. Unfortunately after the number of tragedies we have really strict rules which doesn't allow even a second pass of stage with average speed over 120 km/h. The event organizers have really hard work with cars and tyres being faster every year. The result is often a chicane-flooded stage like this one (the average speed was 119 km/h by the way). For example the most legendary stage of Czech rallying Malonty from Rally Český Krumlov will come soon. I can't imagine how they can keep Kopecký with R5 under 120 km/h if the stage is dry. Last year with S2000 on wet and with many chicanes the average speed was 119. Anyway in my opinion this rule is useless. It only complicates everything and doesn't bring much for the safety as in most cases the chicanes are not placed in dangerous sections but in crossroads, villages etc.